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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
10
A garbled racing page lists Tattersalls Club events including the 18f Cardigan Hurdle with Black Chief, Chelmsford Stakes, Welter featuring Battlewrack, Juv enile Stakes, Denman Handicap won by Mount Frisco, and other races with partial names and dates.
Fragmentary notes describe Armidale Cup scheduled for February with prizes and a Summer Meeting at a Tasmanian track. Mentions include Summer Hurdle 240 yards, trainer Christ gen Handican, 43, December Steken, and Summer Cup nursery prize £503. Details are garbled with several unclear names and figures.
Crowds at Caulfield and Flemington watched Lancer Plume, racehorse aged nine, win the Hopetoun Cup by a half length over Democracy with Tolson dOr close third. Jockey Glen Burke trains and owns Lancer Plume. Moonee Valley meetings recently saw the horse placing close in several races.
The Associated Racing Clubs report prize money of £81,765 for 1920 across several clubs. The total shows a £30,380 rise from the previous year amid disqualifications and jockeys and trainers named in the records.
A damaged OCR passage notes the Victorian Club issuing a trophy list related to a national sale. The fragment mentions prizes around £50 and events linked to motor cycles, with references to a four day event and related gatherings. The text is incomplete but indicates a catalog or list tied to a sale and club activities.
Adelaide dispatch recounts Carslake touring England with wife Wu Huimtanas and racing fate across Bloomsbury circuits. It notes his return voyage ambitions, triumphs in England including Tetratema and the Two Thousand Guineas, and comparisons between British and Australian horse stocks.
Amid postwar Vienna conditions, the Wiener Park Club, Austria’s premier lawn tennis facility, faced a crisis as ball shortages constrained play. American, English, and embassy-connected players used the courts. leading locals included R Kinal and Count Ludwig Salm, with Anthony Wilding noted among visitors. Balls were scarce due to Russian bans on certain toys and the scarcity of proper equipment, forcing clubs to rely on old or improvised balls and even red rubber substitutes.
The Canning Park Club held its December meeting at Tlelena Vale with a large crowd despite oppressively wet weather. Vardio the Cambatai gelding led the trial while Drumont defeated Ty Tighe in a feature, with several divisions and notable contenders including Queen Base and Wandicap in a bustling program.
A dense, OCR heavy passage lists numerous names, places, and phrases in a stream of fragments. It references people such as Natya, Walter, and Hae, places likely geographic or institutional, and scattered numeric tokens, creating a mosaic rather than a coherent article.
The piece surveys Joe Hooper and George Gray amid Italian observer notes on the Tugland amateur billiards championship chase. It references Tyrant-like scrutiny, matchups in early rounds, Gray's criticized style, and historical remarks by George Grey about the sport and players.
Fragmentary text shows a legal or business notice involving the firms RC Will and Messing with reference to Baty and a January date. The readable bits indicate a formal matter requiring attention or action, possibly a court or tribunal related event. Names and places remain unclear due to OCR errors but entities point to a formal financial or legal proceeding.
Small derailed OCR line shows unreadable text with mixed letters and partial phrases. The readable bits hint at a community notice or classified snippet but lack clear names dates places or actions to summarize.
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